Client
Name |
Project
Title |
Brief
Task Description |
| European Commission |
Inventory of the
state-of-the-art for cost-benefit and multi-criteria methods for projects in inland
waterways |
Listing
and analysing currently used evaluation procedures within the EU member states that deal
with the assessment of investments within the field of inland navigation. They form the
basis for a yet to be implemented common evaluation method. |
| European Commission |
Prospects of
Inland Navigation in the enlarged Europe (PINE)
|
The enlargement of the European Union in the years 2004 and, most likely, in 2007 marks an important step in the political and economic development of Europe. Against this background of the intended integration of the inland navigation system of the accession countries into the EU the PINE-Study has been carried out.
Based on a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the inland navigation sector in both, the present as well as in the acceding countries, the study has mapped the weak points and the potentials and indicated possibilities for promoting the growth of IWT within an enlarged Europe.
It leads to concrete recommendations. Core recommendations are harmonisation of competitive conditions and the improvement of the infrastructure. Furthermore a modernisation program for the fleets and the provision of qualified nautical personnel are recommended
|
| City of Duisburg |
European Safety
Centre Duisburg – Planning and Construction, Training and Initial Phase |
Construction
and building of a real tank ship section for training in shipping operation technology,
fire fighting, breathing protection measures, handling of hazardous goods. |
| European Commission /
TACIS |
Study on
international freight transport to and from the RF on the Black Sea routes |
Analysis
of the present waterway and inland navigation infra-structure within the RF with the aim
of improving export/import to western Europe via the Black Sea and into the RF’s
hinterland. |
| Federal Ministry of
Economics |
Technical and
economical prerequisites for optimum transport of containers and other standardised
transport units on inland vessels on the route Antwerp/Rotterdam to Strasbourg |
Development
of a large modern container vessel under consideration of the present system of container
shipping and the expected future development, especially on the Rhine. |
| Federal Ministry of
Education and Research |
River-Sea Shipping
between Duisburg and Northern Spain/Iberian Peninsula |
Analysis
of the market situation of river-sea shipping between Northern Spain and Duisburg and
establishing starting points for improving compatibility for political decision maker and
representatives of this transport mode. |
| European Commission |
EUDET - Evaluation of
the Danube Waterway as a Key European Transport Resource |
The
EUDET research study provides a comprehensive evaluation of the Danube waterway by
identifying preconditions and measures that will turn the Danube into a key transport
infra-structure for east-west European transport flows on the South-East axis. |
| European Commission |
Shifting Cargo to
Inland Waterways |
The objectives of
this task were to work out short- and long-term strategies for improving the degree of
inland navigation utilisation and for exploiting the full potential of the transport mode.
The results contain recommendations for service providers and policy makers. Concrete
proposals and guidelines for pilot projects were issued, including:
- a realistic estimation of cargo quantities suitable for
being shifted to inland navigation,
- identification and interpretation of the main factors
hindering such a cargo shift,
- listing and interpreting prerequisites for a better and
fuller integration of inland navigation into intermodal transport chains,
- presentation of concepts and strategies for greater
utilisation of inland navigation.
|
| European
Commission/Industry |
Establishment of
River-Sea Transport between Portuguese Seaports and the German City of Duisburg |
Analysis of the
possible establishment of a liner service for river-sea shipping between Duisburg and
Portugal. It focuses on the question whether the volume to be expected – if necessary
by enlargement of the operating area – is sufficient to introduce a regular service.
The requirements for a successful establishment of such a service were also analysed. |
| European Commission |
RINAC - River Based
Information, Navigation and Communication |
Modern inland
navigation is based on voice communication and onboard radar. With increasing traffic
density, enlarged vessels with consequently diminished manoeuvrability as well as
increasing educational, training and certification requirements, more information has to
be available and presented to the crew. The integration of auto pilot, trajectory control
and traffic situation in combination with data communication was defined. The use of
advanced technologies in inland waterway transport together with the harmonisation of
human/machine interfaces and control devices was specified to enhance the efficiency and
safety of inland navigation. |
| Federal Ministry of
Transport |
Development of
freight units - state-of-the-art, development trends and possibilities to improve
compatibility |
Technical
study and cost analysis of usual container systems in current operation ashore and onboard
as well as their possible development and modification, with a focus on container
development in international shipping and development of swap bodies in landborne traffic. |
| State Ministry of
Economics and Middle Classes, Technology and Transport |
Development of a
technical concept for transporting swap bodies by river-sea vessels - technical
feasibility and cost estimates |
Development
of a technical concept for transporting swap bodies by river-sea vessels - technical
feasibility and cost estimates |
| European Commission
|
INDRIS - Inland
Navigation Demonstrator for River Information System |
To demonstrate VTMIS
for Inland Navigation which involves the definition of RIS (River Information Services):
- harmonising communications on European inland waterways and
providing a methodology and guidelines for the development of these communications in
order to achieve this harmonisation across Europe;
- harmonising the reporting procedures governing European
inland waterways and showing the benefits of harmonised reporting procedures;
- demonstrating the provision of a tactical and strategic
image and fairway information system for onboard vessel and onshore station use.
|
| European Commission
|
IMMUNITY - Impact of
Increased and Multiple Use of Inland Navigation and Identification of Tools to Reduce
Negative Impact |
Obtaining a better
knowledge of the potential negative impact of the expected growth of Inland Navigation.
The identification and elaboration of concepts, tools, and methods to reduce these
negative impacts. Providing scientific support for policy making with respect to increased
environmentally friendly use of inland navigation. |
| Federal Ministry of
Transport, Construction and Housing |
Cost-benefit analysis
of technical safety regulations |
Analysis and
pinpointing of basic questions regarding the effects of safety regulations on inland
navigation’s operational compatibility. |
| Federal Ministry of
Transport, Construction and Housing |
Effects of transition
regulations contained in the technical provisions for inland vessels |
130 transition
regulations contained in the technical provisions for inland vessels were to be analysed
with regard to their safety-technological and economic effects. Suggestions were to be
elaborated on this basis for countering, temporally limiting or maintaining these
regulations. |
| European Commission,
PACT Programme |
Feasibility study on
multi-modal swap body transport service with river-sea shipping, Duisburg-Goole |
Elaboration of
technical and safety-relevant prerequisites for using river-sea vessels for loading and
transporting swap bodies currently used on the transport market, inclusive of an economic
assessment. |
| Bavarian Ministry of
Economics, Transport and Technology |
Transport service
along the Straubing to Vilshofen Danube stretch |
Ascertaining the
annual transport capacity provided along the Straubing to Vilshofen Danube stretch in its
current structural state and in view of the different plans to improve this stretch,
inclusive of a cost-benefit estimate for the extension variants. |
Transport
Systems
